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Glossary: TCP/IP in Depth, Part 2

ECE and CWR

Also written: ECE, CWR, ECE flag

Two TCP flags (64 and 128) used for congestion signals. The receiver uses ECE to echo an ECN mark back to the sender, and the sender uses CWR to say it has slowed down.

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ECN